Copenhagen Light Festival .... "light in the Winter darkness"
/A Dozen Sun by Maj D og HagbArt
on the board walk at Skuespilhuset / The National Theatre with the view across the harbour to the Opera House
and yes … that is a pair of legs
the installation is made from salvaged plastic and there is a low entrance so you can stand inside
Copenhagen Light Festival opened this evening and there are installations across the city.
There are interactive installations; buildings have art work projected on them; major monuments are lit up with strong colours; there are laser shows with light projected across Copenhagen and many of the installations have music or sound.
The city has a marked policy to keep control of street lighting and tends to use low-level lighting on steps or pavements for safe illumination where necessary so, generally, and unlike so many cities and towns, there is a little pollution from harsh or glaring lights …. basically street lighting is carefully designed and subtle …. so the month of the Light Festival introduces some real drama.
The festival continues through to the 27 February.
Maps and information can be found on posters near the installations and on the festival internet site and there is also an app ‘Copenhagen Light Festival - Within 10 Minutes’.
